John Punch Dukes of Roots (Ft. Darius Rucker)

[Verse 1]
1640 VA
John Punch tried to run away
Sentenced for his life, a slave
The families say, "When you coming home now?"
The families say, "When you coming home now?"

[Verse 2]
Two-hundred-twenty-five years of hell
Started in America that day
Folks from Africa taken away (Sisters from Africa, from Africa)

[Chorus]
Half a million souls out on the water (Souls)
It's so cold, where the hell are we going?
The moon is the same, but now I'm all alone now
Families say, "When you coming home?"

[Verse 3]
Franklin and Armfield took their turn
Largest slave trading firm (Use and abuse)
Hate profit and cruelty (Oh)
Their specialty and their norm

[Chorus]
Half a million souls out on the water (Souls)
It's so cold, where the hell are we going? Oh
The moon is the same, but now I'm all alone now
Families say, "When you coming home?"